• OR search (the default): eg if you enter National Archives of Australia, by default you retrieve entries that mention either National or Archives or Australia (retrieves 290 entries).

• AND search (must use uppercase AND): eg if you enter National AND Archives AND Australia you retrieve entries that have all three words (retrieves 37 entries).

• PHRASE search : use double quotes to search for a phrase, eg if you enter “National Archives of Australia” you will retrieve entries with those words in that order (retrieves 11 entries). This is useful for institution names with general words.

• Wildcard search : o use an asterisk to find variations of keywords with a common stem, eg college* will retrieve entries with college and colleges; o use an asterisk to find variations within a word, eg M*cPherson will retrieve entries with Macpherson and McPherson; o use a question mark to replace a single character, eg organi?ation will retrieve entries with organisation or organization; (M?cPherson will retrieve MacPherson not McPherson).